1. The Production Code
Actresses such as Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich and Norma Shearer had formed and shaped this sexual, independent and commanding picture of woman and the Production Code Administration enforced the rules and had to break these new female characters down. ... They deliberately defied the code and found that films denied the seal of approval still did well at the box office. ... On July 1984 the "PG" category was split into two new groupings: "PG" and "PG-13" which was meant to signify a higher level of intensity than that which was to be found in a film rated "PG". And in September of 1990...
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